Some of the 300 to 500 people who tried to lynch a black teenager charged with raping a 14-year-old girl. The lynching was foiled when Tennessee National Guard troops shot and stabbed dozens of the attackers, four of them fatally, after tear gas proved ineffective (Shelbyville, 1934) . GallerySome of the 300 to 500 people who tried to lynch a black teenager charged with raping a 14-year-old girl. The lynching was foiled when Tennessee National Guard troops shot and stabbed dozens of the attackers, four of them fatally, after tear gas proved ineffective (Shelbyville, 1934) .









